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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/plɔɪ/}}
* {{IPA|en|/plɔɪ/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ploy.wav |Audio (UK)}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ploy.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔɪ|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔɪ|s=1}}


===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pelḱ-}}
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pelḱ-}}
Possibly from a shortened form of {{m|en|employ}} or {{m|en|deploy}}. Or from earlier {{m|en|ploye}}, from {{inh|en|enm|-}}, borrowed from {{bor|en|frm|ployer}} (compare modern {{m|fr|plier}}), from {{der|en|la|plicāre}}.
Possibly from a shortened form of {{m|en|employ}} or {{m|en|deploy}}. Or from earlier {{m|en|ploye}}, from {{inh|en|enm|-}}, borrowed from {{der|en|frm|ployer}} (compare modern {{m|fr|plier}}), from {{der|en|la|plicāre}}.


====Noun====
====Noun====
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# A [[tactic]], [[strategy]], or [[scheme]].
# A [[tactic]], [[strategy]], or [[scheme]].
#: {{nearsyn|en|ruse|stratagem}}
#* '''1902''', John Buchan, ''The Outgoing of the Tide''
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#: {{ux|en|The free T-shirt is really a '''ploy''' to get you inside to see their sales pitch.}}
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#*: 'Bide here,' he says, 'and boil the wine till I return. This is a '''ploy''' of my own on which no man follows me.' And there was that in his face, as he spoke, which chilled the wildest, and left them well content to keep to the good claret and the saft seat, and let the daft laird go his own ways.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=70|magazine={{w|The Economist}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=John Buchan|title=The Outgoing of the Tide
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|passage='Bide here,' he says, 'and boil the wine till I return. This is a '''ploy''' of my own on which no man follows me.' And there was that in his face, as he spoke, which chilled the wildest, and left them well content to keep to the good claret and the saft seat, and let the daft laird go his own ways.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=70|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21579879-buy-out-firm-really-does-focus-operational-improvements-engineers Engineers of a different kind]
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21579879-buy-out-firm-really-does-focus-operational-improvements-engineers Engineers of a different kind]
|passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.{{...}}Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial '''ploys''' are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.}}
|passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.{{...}}Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial '''ploys''' are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.}}
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#: {{ux|en|The free T-shirt is really a '''ploy''' to get you inside to see their sales pitch.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|Scotland|dialect}} [[sport|Sport]]; [[frolic]].
# {{lb|en|UK|Scotland|dialect}} [[sport|Sport]]; [[frolic]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[employment|Employment]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[employment|Employment]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|ratings ploy|Trollope ploy}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|strategy, tactic}}
{{trans-top|strategy, tactic}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|маневра|f}}, {{t+|bg|трик|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|маневра|f}}, {{t+|bg|трик|m}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|trik|m}}, {{t|cs|manévr|m}}, {{t+|cs|strategie|f}}, {{t+|cs|taktika|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|trik|m}}, {{t|cs|manévr|m}}, {{t+|cs|strategie|f}}, {{t+|cs|taktika|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kunstgreep}}, {{t+|nl|strategie}}, {{t+|nl|tactiek}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kunstgreep}}, {{t+|nl|strategie}}, {{t+|nl|tactiek}}
* French: {{t+|fr|truc|m}}, {{t+|fr|stratégie|f}}, {{t+|fr|tactique|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|truc|m}}, {{t+|fr|stratégie|f}}, {{t+|fr|tactique|f}}, {{t+|fr|stratagème|m}}, {{t+|fr|manigance|f}}, {{t+|fr|ruse|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Trick|m}}, {{t+|de|List|f}}, {{t+|de|Masche|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Trick|m}}, {{t+|de|List|f}}, {{t+|de|Masche|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τέχνασμα|n}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|꼼수}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|꼼수}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|nuka}}, {{t|mi|rauhanga}}, {{t|mi|tiriki|tr=From English “trick”}}, {{t|mi|nuka}}, {{t|mi|rauhanga}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|nuka}}, {{t|mi|rauhanga}}, {{t|mi|tiriki}}, {{t|mi|nuka}}, {{t|mi|rauhanga}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|chwyt|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|chwyt|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estratagema|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estratagema|m}}
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# {{lb|en|military}} To form a [[column]] from a line of troops on some designated [[subdivision]].
# {{lb|en|military}} To form a [[column]] from a line of troops on some designated [[subdivision]].
#: {{ant|en|deploy}}
#* '''1881''', {{w|Thomas Wilhelm}}, ''A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1881|author=w:Thomas Wilhelm|title=A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
#*: Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be ''deployed''; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in '''''ployed''''' formation.
|passage=Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be ''deployed''; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in '''''ployed''''' formation.}}


=====Antonyms=====
===Further reading===
* {{l|en|deploy}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===References===
{{R:Webster 1913}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=lopy|-poly|poly|poly-}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=lopy|-poly|poly|poly-}}

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==Sranan Tongo==
==Sranan Tongo==
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{{head|srn|verb}}
{{head|srn|verb}}


# {{alternative spelling of|srn|ploi}}
# To [[flex]].
# To [[curve]].

Latest revision as of 14:49, 5 November 2024

See also: pløy

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plicāre.

Noun

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ploy (countable and uncountable, plural ploys)

  1. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
    Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem
    The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      'Bide here,' he says, 'and boil the wine till I return. This is a ploy of my own on which no man follows me.' And there was that in his face, as he spoke, which chilled the wildest, and left them well content to keep to the good claret and the saft seat, and let the daft laird go his own ways.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
  2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
  3. (obsolete) Employment.
Derived terms
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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Probably abbreviated from deploy.

Verb

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ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)

  1. (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
    Antonym: deploy
    • 1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer:
      Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Sranan Tongo

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Verb

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ploy

  1. Alternative spelling of ploi
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